Butterfly Kisses. It's September seventeenth, around five o'clock in a small hall located above a local fire house. The room is considerably crowded with family and friends of a young couple married earlier that afternoon. The faint smell of chicken and gravy lingered as dessert was being set up to the far right, I could already taste the strawberries and fondue. The crowd was applauding the first dance of the bride and groom when the …
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…back of her scratchy veil. The chorus repeated as the music faded and the sniffling and crying of the spectators was the only sound heard. The heart-wrenching father and daughter remain clenched to one another as the moment began to slip despite his attempt to preserve it. Slowly their faces emerged and he kissed her on the forehead. A standing ovation was given by all while they walked hand and hand off the dance floor.